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2201. Papyrus 561

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 561
Title:
Receipts of a Donkey-Driver (P.Petr. II 25(d), P.Petr. III 61(d), P.Lond. III 561(a-b) descr., TM 7498, 100175)
Scope & Content:
Upper papyrus (A) (TM 7498): The donkey-driver Horus acknowledges receipt from Charmus of the necessaries for the animals; written by someone else. Lower papyrus (B) (TM 100175): Horus acknowledges receipt of oil and other necessaries from Charmus. Written by someone else as he is illiterate.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 226 BC
Extent:

Two fragments that do not belong together extracted from mummy cartonnage, written on one side, the back being blank; mounted on cardboard in the same glass case.

Upper fragment (A): Broken off at the bottom, with some surface damage and plaster residue; 4 lines written along the fibres; upper and side margins minimal.

Lower fragment (B): Lower part of a sheet, with 7 lines from the foot of a column written across the fibres; lower and side margins are extant.

2202. Papyrus 948

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 948
Title:
Contract of Transport by Boat (P.Lond. III 948 ro., TM 11822), and Letter to Heroninus (P.Lond. III 948 vo., TM 11050)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Lond. III 948 ro., TM 11822): Aurelius Heracles, son of Dioscorus, a ship-captain, undertakes to ship 250 artabas of vegetable seed to the harbour in Oxyrhynchus for Aurelius Areius, a councillor at Arsinoe, at a price of 100 drachmas. Of these, 60 drachmas will be received upon deliver...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
236-257
Extent:

Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete, with slight damage and dark-stained on the front; written on both sides. The front bears 16 lines written along the fibres; all margins are extant; the back was reused to host another text, complete, consisting of 16 lines running along the fibres. All margins are extant. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

2203. Papyrus 515

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 515
Title:
Letter from Demetrius to Cleon (P.Petrie Kleon 54, P.Petr. II 4(6), P.Petr. III 42c(11), P.Lond. III 515 descr., TM 7646)
Scope & Content:
Letter to Cleon from Demetrius, who reports that he had been insulted in front of a crowd for having picked up a chisel belonging to someone else, and to have been attacked five days later as he wanted to distribute loaves of bread. He asks Cleon to take notice of this.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
24 January 255 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet from mummy cartonnage, damaged by holes, especially in the upper portion; writing runs across the fibres on the front. There are 18 lines, with the first and last being indented, and an interlinear addition. Margins are minimal. On the back there are traces of plaster; a scrap with writing along the fibres is visible in the right edge. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

2204. Papyrus 529(A-C)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 529(A-C)
Title:
Petitions to a Strategus (P.Petr. II 12(2)-P.Petr. II 12(3), P.Petr. III 29b-d, P.Lond. III 529a-c descr., TM 7412-7414)
Scope & Content:
Petitions addressed to the strategus Aphthonetus. Upper left papyrus (A), (P.Petr. II 12(2), P.Petr. III 29b, P.Lond. III 529a descr., TM 7412): Petition from a man whose name is damaged, asking the strategus to summon him and his opponent and requesting that the charges he has moved be investi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
244-222 BC
Extent:

Fragmentary papyrus sheets from mummy cartonnage, displaying plaster residue; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank; mounted on cardboard in the same glass case.

Upper left papyrus (A): Broken off to the right, lacking the upper right corner, with few holes and surface damage in places; 15 lines, mutilated at the end, with a loss of 1-3 letters. Left, upper and lower margins partly survive. With modern annotation.

Upper right papyrus (B): Long and narrow, broken off at the bottom and with surface damage throughout; 21 lines, the last only having few traces.

Lower papyri (C): Fragment from the top of a sheet with detached fragment; portions of 4 lines are preserved on the upper fragment and parts of 2 lines on the lower fragment. With modern annotation.

2205. Papyrus 757-758

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 757-758
Title:
Declaration on Oath by a Tax Collector (P.Oxy. I 81, P.Lond. III 758 descr., TM 20741), Money Account (P.Lond. III 758v. descr., TM 31961) and Declaration on Oath by a Strategus (P.Oxy. I 82, P.Lond. III 758 descr., TM 31341)
Scope & Content:
Upper fragment: Recto (P.Oxy. I 81, P.Lond. III 757 descr., TM 20741): Declaration on oath addressed to Aurelius Dius alias Pertinax, strategus in Oxyrhynchus, from Aurelius Apion, son of Dionysius, before entering upon his duties as a tax collector (praktor argyrikon). Dated in the 2nd year of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
mid 3rd century
Extent:

Two fragments from different documents, the upper one bearing writing on both sides and broken off at the bottom; the ink on the recto is somewhat rubbed off.

The lower fragment lacks both the upper and the lower portions and bears writing on one side only, the text being written along the fibres.

The fragments are housed together in one glass case. Numbers 81 and 82 in red refer to the publication in P.Oxy I.

2206. Papyrus 796

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 796
Title:
Petition on Extortion by a Tax Collector (P.Oxy. II 285 ro., P.Lond. III 796 descr., TM 20556), and Writing Exercise (P.Oxy. II 285 vo., P.Lond. III 796 descr., TM 63122, LDAB 4326, MP3 2748)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Oxy. II 285 ro., P.Lond. III 796 descr., TM 20556): Petition to Tiberius Claudius Pasion, strategus of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from Sarapion, a weaver of Oxyrhynchus, who complains about the extortion and violence of Apollophanes, an ex-tax collector. Apollophanes had seized from Sarapio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, almost complete, only torn at the top right edge; with writing on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The front contains one column of 21 lines. The lower margin hosts three additional lines in a different hand, the last line being separated by some blank space from the other two. The text is occasionally rubbed. All margins are extant, with no margin to the right. The second hand of the front also wrote three lines on the back of the sheet: one line runs along the upper edge, and two lines are written the other way up at the bottom. There are modern annotations on both sides, with the number in red referring to the publication in P.Oxy. II. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

2207. Papyrus 888

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 888
Title:
Receipt for Repayment of Loan (SB XVIII 13846, TM 89), and Loan Contract (P.Lond. II 888(b) descr., TM 5898)
Scope & Content:
Left papyrus (A) (TM 89): Acknowledgment of the repayment of a loan, amounting to eight bronze talents, repaid by Panebchounis, son of Totoes, to Pmois, son of Phentemmoutis. Drawn up in Krokodilopolis, Pathyrite nome, by the notary (agoranomos) Paniscus, and dated 6 January 107 BC. The docket i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
139-107 BC
Extent:

Two papyrus fragments not belonging together, housed in the same glass frame.

Left papyrus (A): Medium-to-dark-brown papyrus fragment, complete at the top and bottom, broken off on the sides; with holes regularly distributed along the right edge; written on both sides. The front bears the mid portions of 22 lines running along the fibres; upper and lower margins survive; on the back, there are 3 lines, written across the fibres, upside down in relation to the text on the front.

Right papyrus (B): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, complete at the top, right and bottom, broken off on the left; written on both sides. The front bears the ends of 28 lines running along the fibres; the lower margin survives, the right and upper margins are minimal; on the back, there are portions of 2 lines, written across the fibres at the bottom, upside down in relation to the text on the front.

2208. Papyrus 113 (12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 113 (12)
Title:
Christian Texts (P.Lond. I 113.12(a-c), TM 65192-65194), Petition (P.Lond. I 113.12(d)r., TM 38887) and Accounts (SB I 5299, TM 38383)
Scope & Content:
113.12(a) (P.Lond. I 113.12(a), P.Lond.Lit. 238, TM 65192, LDAB 6434, Van Haelst 712): Fragment of a leaf from a papyrus codex presumably containing a metrical homily praising martyrs; on the recto, six lines were erased and corrected; the ink on the back is faded at places; assigned to the sixt...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th-7th century
Extent:
Papyrus fragments of varying size which do not belong together, but are different texts; all damaged and bearing writing on both sides; housed in one glass case.

2209. Papyrus 113 (15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 113 (15)
Title:
Private Letter (SB III 7036, TM 36671), De Antidotis of Galen (GMP I 3, TM 59960) and The Life of Secundus (P.Lond.Lit. 198, TM 64879)
Scope & Content:
113.15(a) (SB III 7036, SB I 5298, P.Lond. I 113.15(a)descr., TM 36671): A sixth- or seventh- century letter addressed to Georgius, well preserved, written across the fibres on a strip of papyrus and containing some instructions. Dated in the 5th indiction, Tybi 8. With address on the back. 113...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th-7th century
Extent:

Three fragments of varying size from different texts (one document, two literary works), named ‘a-c’ inside the frame. Fragments a-b bear writing on both sides.

2210. Papyrus 614

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 614
Title:
Loan of Money (P.Dryton 17, P.Grenf. I 19, SB XVI 12716, P.Lond. III 614 descr., TM 255)
Scope & Content:
A loan of money with interest included, further portions of which are contained in two papyri housed in Cairo and New York. Apollonia, wife of Dryton, lends the money to Anicetus and his wife Nicaia. Anicetus also acts as the notary (agoranomos); the scribe is Areius. The back contains the docke...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
14 May 129 BC
Extent:

Three fragments of varying size of a papyrus sheet, the first two from the upper part and the third from the lower portion of the sheet. Other fragments of the same sheet are a papyrus in Cairo, inventoried as 10354, and a papyrus in New York, Piermont Morgan Library, inventoried as 166. Writing runs across the fibres on the recto; only the upper fragment bears writing on the back, with the text running along the fibres, upside down in relation to the text on the front. The fragments are housed in a glass case.

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